Shade Tolerant Plants

There are plenty of plants that thrive in the shade! They are just as stunning as full-sun plants, and can enhance the aesthetic appeal of your garden. Plus, they can attract beneficial insects. This list of plants can tolerate both partial shade and full shade, which means less than 6 hours of sun a day.

Evergreens

  • Hemlock, Moon Frost
  • Microbiota, Russian Cypress
  • Yew

Deciduous Shrubs

  • Azalea
  • Boxwood
  • Diervilla
  • Chokeberry
  • Clethra
  • Cotoneaster
  • Currant
  • Dogwood
  • Euonymus
  • Sorbaria
  • Fothergilla
  • Hazelnut
  • Rhododendron
  • Serviceberry
  • Viburnum

Perennials

  • Actaea (Cimicifuga)
  • Agastache (Anise Hyssop)
  • Alchemilla (Lady’s Mantle)
  • Allium (Ornamental Onion)
  • Amsonia (Blue Star)
  • Anemone (Windflower)
  • Aquilegia (Columbine)
  • Aralia (Spikenard)
  • Aruncus (Goat’s Beard)
  • Astilbe (False Spirea)
  • Baptisia (False Indigo)
  • Bergenia (Pigsqueak)
  • Brunnera (False Forget-Me-Not)
  • Chelone (Turtlehead)
  • Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
  • Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed)
  • Euphorbia (Cushion Spurge)
  • Fern
  • Heuchera (Coral Bells)
  • Heucherella (Foamy Bells)
  • Hosta (Plantain Lily)
  • Ligularia (Leopard Plant/Ragwort)
  • Lobelia
  • Phlox Divaricata (Woodland Phlox)
  • Polemonium (Jacob’s Ladder)
  • Pulmonaria (Lung Wort)
  • Tiarella (Foam Flower)